§17.408καί κέν μιν τρεῖς μῆνας ἀπόπροθεν οἶκος ἐρύκοι. §17.409ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη, καὶ θρῆνυν ἑλὼν ὑπέφηνε τραπέζης §17.410κείμενον, ᾧ ῥʼ ἔπεχεν λιπαροὺς πόδας εἰλαπινάζων·
'And then his own home would keep him far away for three months.' So he spoke, and taking the footstool, he showed it from beneath the table where it lay, on which he used to rest his sleek feet while feasting.
§17.411οἱ δʼ ἄλλοι πάντες δίδοσαν, πλῆσαν δʼ ἄρα πήρην §17.412σίτου καὶ κρειῶν· τάχα δὴ καὶ ἔμελλεν Ὀδυσσεὺς §17.413αὖτις ἐπʼ οὐδὸν ἰὼν προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν·
But all the others gave, and filled the bag with bread and meat; and soon Odysseus was about to go back to the threshold and taste the Achaeans' charity.
§17.414στῆ δὲ παρʼ Ἀντίνοον, καί μιν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπε· §17.415δός, φίλος· οὐ μέν μοι δοκέεις ὁ κάκιστος Ἀχαιῶν §17.416ἔμμεναι, ἀλλʼ ὤριστος, ἐπεὶ βασιλῆϊ ἔοικας.
And he stood near Antinous, and spoke to him: 'Give, friend; you do not seem to me to be the worst of the Achaeans, but the best, since you look like a king.
§17.417τῷ σε χρὴ δόμεναι καὶ λώϊον ἠέ περ ἄλλοι §17.418σίτου· ἐγὼ δέ κέ σε κλείω κατʼ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν.
Therefore you ought to give even better bread than the others; and I would praise you over the limitless earth.
§17.419καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ποτε οἶκον ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔναιον §17.420ὄλβιος ἀφνειὸν καὶ πολλάκι δόσκον ἀλήτῃ, §17.421τοίῳ ὁποῖος ἔοι καὶ ὅτευ κεχρημένος ἔλθοι·
For I too once lived in a rich house among men, happy, and often gave to a wanderer, whoever he might be and with whatever need he came.
And I had countless servants and many other things by which men live well and are called wealthy.
§17.424ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς ἀλάπαξε Κρονίων—ἤθελε γάρ που— §17.425ὅς μʼ ἅμα ληϊστῆρσι πολυπλάγκτοισιν ἀνῆκεν §17.426Αἴγυπτόνδʼ ἰέναι, δολιχὴν ὁδόν, ὄφρʼ ἀπολοίμην.
But Zeus, son of Cronos, ruined me—for so, I suppose, he willed— who sent me with wandering pirates to go to Egypt, a long journey, that I might be destroyed.
§17.427στῆσα δʼ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ποταμῷ νέας ἀμφιελίσσας.
And I moored my curved ships in the river Egypt.
§17.428ἔνθʼ ἦ τοι μὲν ἐγὼ κελόμην ἐρίηρας ἑταίρους §17.429αὐτοῦ πὰρ νήεσσι μένειν καὶ νῆας ἔρυσθαι, §17.430ὀπτῆρας δὲ κατὰ σκοπιὰς ὤτρυνα νέεσθαι.
Then indeed I bade my trusty companions to remain there by the ships and protect the ships, and I urged sentinels to go to the watchtowers.
§17.431οἱ δʼ ὕβρει εἴξαντες, ἐπισπόμενοι μένεϊ σφῷ, §17.432αἶψα μάλʼ Αἰγυπτίων ἀνδρῶν περικαλλέας ἀγροὺς §17.433πόρθεον, ἐκ δὲ γυναῖκας ἄγον καὶ νήπια τέκνα, §17.434αὐτούς τʼ ἔκτεινον· τάχα δʼ ἐς πόλιν ἵκετʼ ἀϋτή.
But they, yielding to insolence and following their own impulse, straightway plundered the very beautiful fields of the Egyptian men, and carried off the women and young children, and killed the men; and soon the cry reached the city.
§17.435οἱ δὲ βοῆς ἀΐοντες ἅμʼ ἠοῖ φαινομένηφιν §17.436ἦλθον· πλῆτο δὲ πᾶν πεδίον πεζῶν τε καὶ ἵππων §17.437χαλκοῦ τε στεροπῆς·
And they, hearing the shout, came at the appearing of dawn; and the whole plain was filled with footmen and horses and the flash of bronze.
ἐν δὲ Ζεὺς τερπικέραυνος §17.438φύζαν ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισι κακὴν βάλεν, οὐδέ τις ἔτλη §17.439στῆναι ἐναντίβιον· περὶ γὰρ κακὰ πάντοθεν ἔστη.
And Zeus, who hurls the thunderbolt, cast a miserable panic among my companions, and no one dared to stand and face the enemy; for disaster stood around them on every side.
§17.440ἔνθʼ ἡμέων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτανον ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ, §17.441τοὺς δʼ ἄναγον ζωούς, σφίσιν ἐργάζεσθαι ἀνάγκῃ.
There indeed they killed many of us with the sharp bronze, and others they led away alive, to work for them by constraint.
§17.442αὐτὰρ ἔμʼ ἐς Κύπρον ξείνῳ δόσαν ἀντιάσαντι, §17.443Δμήτορι Ἰασίδῃ, ὃς Κύπρου ἶφι ἄνασσεν· §17.444ἔνθεν δὴ νῦν δεῦρο τόδʼ ἵκω πήματα πάσχων. §17.445τὸν δʼ αὖτʼ Ἀντίνοος ἀπαμείβετο φώνησέν τε· §17.446τίς δαίμων τόδε πῆμα προσήγαγε, δαιτὸς ἀνίην;
But they gave me to a stranger who met them to take to Cyprus, Dmetor, son of Iasus, who ruled mightily over Cyprus; whence indeed I have now come hither, suffering woes.' And Antinous answered him, saying: 'What god brought this plague hither, this nuisance of a feast?
§17.447στῆθʼ οὕτως ἐς μέσσον, ἐμῆς ἀπάνευθε τραπέζης, §17.448μὴ τάχα πικρὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Κύπρον ἵκηαι· §17.449ὥς τις θαρσαλέος καὶ ἀναιδής ἐσσι προΐκτης.
Stand as you are, out in the middle, away from my table, lest you soon come to a bitter Egypt and Cyprus; for you are a bold and shameless beggar.
§17.450ἑξείης πάντεσσι παρίστασαι· οἱ δὲ διδοῦσι §17.451μαψιδίως, ἐπεὶ οὔ τις ἐπίσχεσις οὐδʼ ἐλεητὺς §17.452ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι, ἐπεὶ πάρα πολλὰ ἑκάστῳ. §17.453τὸν δʼ ἀναχωρήσας προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς· §17.454ὢ πόποι, οὐκ ἄρα σοί γʼ ἐπὶ εἴδεϊ καὶ φρένες ἦσαν·
You stand near all in turn, and they give recklessly, since there is no restraint or pity in giving what belongs to others, when each has abundance.' Then much-scheming Odysseus drew back and addressed him: 'Ah, surely you have no mind to match your beauty!
§17.455οὐ σύ γʼ ἂν ἐξ οἴκου σῷ ἐπιστάτῃ οὐδʼ ἅλα δοίης, §17.456ὃς νῦν ἀλλοτρίοισι παρήμενος οὔ τί μοι ἔτλης §17.457σίτου ἀποπροελὼν δόμεναι· τὰ δὲ πολλὰ πάρεστιν. §17.458ὣς ἔφατʼ, Ἀντίνοος δʼ ἐχολώσατο κηρόθι μᾶλλον, §17.459καί μιν ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· §17.460νῦν δή σʼ οὐκέτι καλὰ διὲκ μεγάροιό γʼ ὀΐω §17.461ἂψ ἀναχωρήσειν, ὅτε δὴ καὶ ὀνείδεα βάζεις. §17.462ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη, καὶ θρῆνυν ἑλὼν βάλε δεξιὸν ὦμον, §17.463πρυμνότατον κατὰ νῶτον·
You would not give even salt from your own house to your suppliant, you who now, sitting at another's table, did not dare to take and give me even a pinch of bread; and yet there is abundance.' So he spoke, and Antinous grew still more angry in his heart, and looking fiercely at him, he spoke winged words: 'Now indeed I think you will no longer make a safe retreat out through the hall, since you even utter insults.' So he spoke, and taking the footstool, he struck his right shoulder, at the very base of his back.
ὁ δʼ ἐστάθη ἠΰτε πέτρη §17.464ἔμπεδον, οὐδʼ ἄρα μιν σφῆλεν βέλος Ἀντινόοιο, §17.465ἀλλʼ ἀκέων κίνησε κάρη, κακὰ βυσσοδομεύων.
But he stood as firm as a rock, unshaken, nor did the missile of Antinous make him stumble; but in silence he shook his head, planning evil in the deep of his heart.
§17.466ἂψ δʼ ὅ γʼ ἐπʼ οὐδὸν ἰὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο, κὰδ δʼ ἄρα πήρην §17.467θῆκεν ἐϋπλείην, μετὰ δὲ μνηστῆρσιν ἔειπε· §17.468κέκλυτέ μευ, μνηστῆρες ἀγακλειτῆς βασιλείης, §17.469ὄφρʼ εἴπω τά με θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κελεύει.
And going back to the threshold, he sat down, and laid down his well-filled bag, and spoke among the suitors: 'Hear me, suitors of the glorious queen, that I may say what the heart in my breast bids me.
§17.470οὐ μὰν οὔτʼ ἄχος ἐστὶ μετὰ φρεσὶν οὔτε τι πένθος, §17.471ὁππότʼ ἀνὴρ περὶ οἷσι μαχειόμενος κτεάτεσσι §17.472βλήεται, ἢ περὶ βουσὶν ἢ ἀργεννῇς ὀΐεσσιν·
Truly there is no pain in the heart, nor any grief, when a man is struck while fighting for his own possessions, either for his oxen or for his white sheep;'